Christopher Wood fut le principal écrivain et animateur britannique sur l'art victorien. Pendant treize ans, il a travaillé pour la maison de vente aux enchères londonienne Christie's, devenant directeur des peintures du XIXe siècle. Sa carrière a été consacrée à l'exploration et à la présentation détaillées de l'art de cette période importante.
A scholarly survey of Victorian painting in which the author discusses the genre?s development and characteristics, setting it within the context of the time, illustrated with 47 full color plates and 750 black and white plates which reflect the tremendous output and range of the period.
A study of Handel's best-known public music: Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks.
Shows you how to give yourself instant relief from negative emotions. Drawing on a combination of the meridian systems of Eastern acupuncture and Western cognitive ideas, the author offers step-by-step instructions on how to use key pressure points on your body, breathing techniques and focused thought to overcome negative feelings. schovat popis
A look back at the original Handel, providing a portrait of his life and music that blends the evidence from documents of all kinds with biographical observation. It contains a chronological table and traces the Handel legend down to our own time.
Almost every Canadian can hum the original Hockey Night in Canada theme - even those who don't think of themselves as hockey fans. For more than a century, Canadians have seen something of themselves in the sport of hockey. This book explores the critical aspects of this relationship.
This intriguing volume takes a different path to heaven. Rather than imaginatively guessing at what heaven will be like, or sorting through the problematic accounts of those who have supposedly been there, this work explores what the Bible teaches about what will not be there.What You Won't Find in Heaven is filled with hope by contrasting everyday life now and future life in heaven. It explores how heavenly life will indeed be blissful because of what is missing.